New photo Britain will send 800 troops to the Arctic to stop Russia grabbing land as the ice caps melt, Gavin Williamson says

BRITAIN will send 800 troops to the Arctic next year to stop Russia grabbing land as the ice caps melt.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said ministers were drawing up a new strategy which will see hundreds of commandos being deployed to Norway to deal with the growing threat from Russia “in our back yard”.

Defence secretary Gavin Williamson is stepping up the battle with Russia in the Arctic

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He said Russia had been re-opening Soviet bases not used in years, and an increased submarine activity in the area meant that Britain had to protect its own interests.

Ministers are worried that as the Arctic ice melts, Russia will try to grab land and intensify its activity there. Climate change has also sparked a rush to tap into oil reserves there.

Mr Williamson told the Sunday Telegraph: “We see Russian submarine activity very close to the level that it was at the Cold War, and it’s right that we start responding to that.

“If we could turn back the clock 10 years many people thought that the era of submarine activity in the High North, in the North Atlantic, and the threat that it posed did disappear with the fall of the Berlin Wall. This threat has really come back to the fore.”

There are fears Putin could launch more land grabs as the ice caps melt

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And he added: “If we want to be protecting our interests in what is effectively our own back yard this is something we need to be doing.”

800 Royal Marine and Army commandos will be deployed to Norway every winter for the next decade, the paper reported.

In November Britain will deploy 3,000 troops as part of a 40,000 strong NATO training exercise there too.

The defence boss will make his first speech to Tory party conference later today, where he will unveil the new strategy.

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